The grass was a bright green. Almost translucent in the summer morning’s light. It was June, and a warm breeze filled the air as I dug a hole in the ground. It was a few days after my birthday. Birds were happily chirping away in the nearby trees. I paused for a moment, admiring the compost I was about to add to the soil from the hole. A tree stood waiting. A plum tree – tall, healthy, and willing. Ready to be submerged into its new home. I settled the tree, firmed the soil around it, watered it, and said a blessing before I walked away. This plum tree was part of larger intention for this farming life and for Rebecca and I.

There is no fruit on our Santa Rosa tree yet, though the intention in itself bore fruit. Our intention was to begin a family of our own. So we are more than excited to share with you that Rebecca and I will be new parents in eight weeks time! Rebecca and baby are healthy and she is due the third week of April–just a few weeks before market season kicks off, and when the first small bounty of spring greens emerge. We patiently await the tiny, new life coming our way. Change is coming and we hope that you will continue to support us as we grow! We remain committed to raising the best food for you.

This Saturday, farms from around the country are celebrating National CSA Sign-up Day. The day encourages food consumers to buy a share of their local farm’s harvest for the 2015 season, in the classic Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model. Buying a CSA share in late winter is important because as farmers, we are making the capital investments for this year’s harvest now and the CSA model means that we don’t need to finance these costs with costly credit. We have several CSA shares still available for this season and would love for you to join our food community. Click on the below photo to see all the details and register for a share with us today!

The poet David Whyte sees himself as an English poet, Irish poet, and a Northwestern poet. That’s the American Northwest. His poetry is influenced by the Romantics, which reflects the sustaining quality of nature in human life, and becomes almost a spiritual quest. David is also renowned for taking his poetry into corporate boardrooms and organizations around the world. Good poetry he says “can open up areas about everyday business life that remain impervious to the jargon we have created to describe it.” His poem below offers us a window into ourselves and the world around us.

Certified Naturally Grown

We grow more than 50 different vegetables and work with a farmer-run program called Certified Naturally Grown, which includes an annual inspection, as stringent as the USDA certified organic program. We never use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides. Our produce is always fresh, harvested by humans, compost-grown, and always delicious!